Top 5 Sellers* for April, 2008 1 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Down Under 2 ) Project Book: Creative Canes 3 ) DVD:Innovations Intricate Kaleidoscope Caning 4 ) DVD:Innovations Arabesque Canes 5 ) DVD:Innovations Celtic Canes and Beads Bestsellers for previous months Want to be notified instantly when this list changes? Click here to […]
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Color Week: Yellow


Today is Yellow day for Curious Bird’s color week. Not surprisingly, yellow was not the easiest color to find around this house. I thought of the first shot as I was dozing off last night, but the rest were scavenged in the few minutes before the school bus came. The school bus, which, now that […]
Read More: Color Week: YellowTry not to panic
There’s been a terrible development in my kitchen. The box of Dr. Pepper? It’s empty. I peered inside, felt around with my hand, picked it up and shook it. Confirmed. We are all out of Dr. Pepper. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I’m going to try to soldier on, and finish this post without my fizzy brown companion, but […]
Read More: Try not to panicTinker, tinker, tinker
I changed around my blog design a little bit – what do you think? I replaced the old header with a more photographic one, which I intend to change regularly with the seasons, or my whims. I changed the background to match a color I picked out of the photo, and I changed around my […]
Read More: Tinker, tinker, tinkerMission report
Good morning, friends. It’s a balmy 56 degrees here in New Jersey, and we’re looking forward to a day of thunder storms and circus-going (Neil‘s sister got tickets for the boys for their birthdays). The circus isn’t my first choice for entertainment, but it could be fun. You’ll probably be hearing all about it here […]
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It was a gorgeous day here yesterday – I threw a quick coat of nail polish on my toes to celebrate the return of flip-flop weather, and I put on a great Spring skirt. I bought this linen skirt at Target last year, only it was yellow at the time. Not really my color. So, […]
Read More: Sunshine, taxes and billboardsBestsellers for March
Top 5 Sellers* for March, 2008 1 ) DVD:Innovations Celtic Canes and Beads 2 ) DVD:Innovations Arabesque Canes 3 ) Project Book: Creative Canes 4 ) DVD: Millefiori Story 5 ) Book: Polymer Clay Beads Bestsellers for previous months Want to be notified instantly when this list changes? Click here to see how… *Sales figures […]
Read More: Bestsellers for MarchGive and take
I’m realizing that there is a noticeable relationship between the number of creative show-and-tell posts I make and how caught-up I am with orders and shipping. Take this week, in fact. I haven’t made one single little pretty thing to show you. But my mailbox only has about four orders in it that need my […]
Read More: Give and takeBestsellers for February
Top 5 Sellers* for February, 2008 1 ) DVD:Innovations Celtic Canes and Beads 2 ) DVD:Innovations Arabesque Canes 3 ) DVD: Millefiori Story 4 ) Book: Polymer Clay Beads 5 ) Project Book: Creative Canes Bestsellers for previous months (Bestsellers prior to May, 2007) Want to be notified instantly when this list changes? Click here […]
Read More: Bestsellers for FebruaryTile shards and harbingers


I’m happy to present the most recent Polka Dot Creations tutorial: Old Tile Shard Pendants! This how-to comes to us courtesy of Tonja Lenderman, who should get an award for patience. She had the tutorial written up and submitted to me back in October. Tonja shows us a simple method for combining rubber stamps and […]
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